Parking break could encourage student housing

7:28 PM,
Mar. 30, 2014

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A proposition to loosen the parking regulations for off-campus housing could help create more space for Dixie State University's growing body of students.

City officials with St. George are considering a change to its residential area parking requirements to allow 25 percent fewer spaces in multi-unit buildings that house students who don't own vehicles. Under current rules, one parking space is required for each occupant, but because many students don't own vehicles, the rule change could free up space for developers to make more efficient use of housing projects, including one ...